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accordance with the PRA, HUD may not
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of
information unless the collection
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
B. Public Access, Documentation, and
Disclosure. See Section VIII. G. of the
2008 General Section.
C. Environmental Impact. This NOFA
provides funding under, and does not
alter the environmental requirements of
24 CFR part 982. Accordingly, under 24
CFR 50.19(c)(5), the NOFA is
categorically excluded from
environmental review under the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321). For
environmental review of activities
funded under this NOFA, see
requirements described in section III.C.4
above.
Dated: November 18, 2008.
Paula O. Blunt,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public
and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. E8–28234 Filed 11–26–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
Proposed Renewal of Information
Collection: OMB Control Number
1091–0001, Applicant Background
Survey
Office of Civil Rights.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

SUMMARY: In compliance with section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of
Civil Rights, Office of the Secretary,
Department of the Interior (DOI)
announces the proposed extension of a
public information collection and seeks
public comments on the provisions
thereof.

Consideration will be given to all
comments received by January 27, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Send your written
comments to the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Office of the Secretary, Office
of Civil Rights, Attn. John Burden,
Deputy Director, 1849 C St. NW., MS
2607 MIB, Washington, DC 20240. Send
any faxed comments to (202) 208–6112,
attn. John Burden. Comments may also
be emailed to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information on
this renewed information collection or
its Applicant Background Survey Form
should be directed to U.S. Department

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of the Interior, Office of the Secretary,
Office of Civil Rights, Attn. John
Burden, Deputy Director, 1849 C St.
NW., MS 2607 MIB, Washington, DC
20240. Before including your address,
phone number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
DOI is below parity with the Relevant
Civilian Labor Force representation for
many mission critical occupations. The
Department’s Strategic Human Capital
management Plan identifies the job
skills that will be needed in its current
and future workforce. The job skills it
will need are dispersed throughout its
eight bureaus and include, among
others, making visitors welcome to
various facilities, such as parks and
refuges, processing permits for a wide
variety of uses of the public lands,
collecting royalties for minerals
extracted from the public lands,
rounding-up and adopting-out wild
horses and burros found in the west,
protecting archeological and cultural
resources of the public lands, and
enforcing criminal laws of the United
States. As a result of this broad
spectrum of duties and services, the
Department touches the lives of most
Americans.
The people who deal with the
Department bring with them a wide
variety of backgrounds, cultures, and
experiences. A diverse workforce
enables the Department to provide a
measure of understanding to its
customers by relating to the diverse
background of those customers. By
including employees of all backgrounds,
all DOI employees gain a measure of
knowledge, background, experience,
and comfort in serving all of the
Department’s customers.
In order to determine if there are
barriers in our recruitment and selection
processes, DOI must track the
demographic groups that apply for its
jobs. There is no other statistically valid
method to make these determinations,
and no source of this information other
than directly from applicants. The data
collected is not provided to selecting
officials and plays no part in the merit
staffing or the selection processes. The
data collected will be used in summary
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demographic make-up of applicant
pools and job selections within a given
occupation or organizational group. The
records of those applicants not selected
are destroyed in accordance with DOI’s
records management procedures.
II. Data
(1) Title: Applicant Background
Survey.
OMB Control Number: 1091–0001.
Current Expiration Date: April 30,
2009.
Type of Review: Information
Collection Renewal.
Affected Entities: Applicants for DOI
jobs.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 13433.
Frequency of Response: Once per job
application.
(2) Annual reporting and record
keeping burden: Average reporting
burden per application: 5 minutes.
Total annual reporting: 1119 hours.
(3) Description of the need and use of
the information: This information is
required to obtain the source of
recruitment, ethnicity, race, and
disability data on job applicants to
determine if the recruitment is
effectively reaching all aspects of
relevant labor pools and to determine if
there are proportionate acceptance rates
at various stages of the recruitment
process. Response is optional. The
information is used for evaluating
recruitment only, and plays no part in
the selection of who is hired.
III. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed
information collection; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
information collection on respondents,
including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons
to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install and utilize technology
and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
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a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information, and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
All written comments will be
available for public inspection in the
Main Interior Building, 1849 C Street,
NW., Washington, DC during normal
business hours, excluding legal
holidays. For an appointment to inspect
comments, please contact John Burden
by telephone on (202) 208–3173, or by
e-mail at [email protected]. A
valid picture identification is required
for entry into the Department of the
Interior.

Fish and Wildlife Service

Contact Greg Hughes, Project Leader,
phone (509) 546–8300.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final
CCP/EIS was released to the public and
a Notice of Availability was published
in the Federal Register on August 15,
2008 (71 FR 74929). A thorough analysis
of the environmental, social and
economic considerations was completed
and presented in the Final CCP/EIS. In
this notice, we announce our decision to
implement Alternative C–1 as the CCP
for the Monument, as documented in
the ROD. The ROD was signed by the
Fish and Wildlife Service’s Regional
Director for the Pacific Region, on
September 25, 2008.
The CCP will provide management
guidance for conserving resources and
providing public use activities. This
decision includes adoption of
stipulations and mitigation measures
identified in Alternative C–1 and
Appendix I in the Final CCP/EIS.
Implementation of the CCP will occur
over the next 15 years, depending on
future staffing levels and funding.

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Factors Considered in Making the
Decision

Hanford Reach National Monument;
Adams, Benton, Franklin and Grant
Counties, WA

The decision was based on a thorough
analysis of the environmental, social
and economic considerations presented
in the Final CCP/EIS. During the
decision-making phase of the CCP
process, the Service reviewed and
considered: the impacts identified in
Chapter 4 of the Draft and Final CCP/
EIS; the results of various studies and
surveys conducted in conjunction with
the Draft and Final CCP/EIS; relevant
issues, concerns and opportunities;
comments on the Draft CCP/EIS; and
other relevant factors, including the
purposes for which the Monument was
established and statutory and regulatory
guidance. Alternative C–1 incorporates
several components addressing a variety
of needs including fish and wildlife
sanctuary, habitat restoration and
protection, public safety, and the
NWRS’s six priority public uses. It is,
however, the unique combination of
these components that contributes most
to achieving the Monument’s purposes
and goals. Alternative C–1 strengthens
the monitoring of fish, wildlife, habitat,
and public uses on the Monument,
which will provide the means to better
respond to rapidly changing conditions
within the surrounding environment.
Alternative C–1 was selected for
implementation because it provides the
greatest number of opportunities to
contribute to the fish, wildlife and
habitat needs of the Mid-Columbia River
Basin.

Dated: November 14, 2008.
Sharon Eller,
Director, Office of Civil Rights, Office of the
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–28340 Filed 11–26–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of decision and
availability of the record of decision.
AGENCY:

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, announce our decision
and availability of the Record of
Decision (ROD) for the Hanford Reach
National Monument (Monument) Final
Comprehensive Conservation Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement (Final
CCP/EIS). The ROD documents our
selection of Alternative C–1, the
Preferred Alternative in our Final CCP/
EIS, for implementation as the
Monument’s CCP. Alternative C–1
addresses the key issues identified
during the planning process and will
best achieve the purposes and goals of
the Monument as well as the mission of
the National Wildlife Refuge System
(NWRS). The Monument is located in
Adams, Benton, Franklin, and Grant
Counties, Washington.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the ROD or Final
CCP/EIS may be obtained from Greg
Hughes, Project Leader, Mid-Columbia
River National Wildlife Refuge
Complex, 64 Maple Street, Burbank,
Washington 99323, Telephone (509)
546–8300, or from the Monument’s Web
site: http://hanfordreach.fws.gov.

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Dated: October 21, 2008.
David J. Wesley,
Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland,
Oregon.
[FR Doc. E8–28214 Filed 11–26–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WO–320–1310–DT-OSHL]

Notice of Availability of Approved
Resource Management Plan
Amendments/Record of Decision
(ROD) for Oil Shale and Tar Sands
Resources To Address Land Use
Allocations in Colorado, Utah, and
Wyoming and Final Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA).
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and
the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976, the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) announces the
availability of the Approved Resource
Management Plan Amendments/Record
of Decision for Oil Shale and Tar Sands
Resources to Address Land Use
Allocations in Colorado, Utah, and
Wyoming (PRMP Amendments) and
Final Programmatic Environmental
Impact Statement (FPEIS).
ADDRESSES: The document will be
available electronically on the following
Web site: http://ostseis.anl.gov. Copies
of the Record of Decision (ROD) are
available for public inspection at the
following BLM Office locations:
• Colorado State Office, 2850
Youngfield Street, Lakewood, CO 80215.
• Utah State Office, 440 West 200
South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, UT
84101.
• Wyoming State Office, 5353
Yellowstone, Cheyenne, WY 82009.
• Vernal Field Office, 170 South 500
East, Vernal, UT 84078.
• Price Field Office, 125 South 600
West, Price, UT 84501.
• Richfield Field Office, 150 East 900
North, Richfield, UT 84701.
• Monticello Field Office, 435 North
Main, P.O. Box 7, Monticello, UT 84535.
• White River Field Office, 220 E.
Market Street, Meeker, CO 81641.
• Glenwood Springs Field Office,
2425 S. Grand Ave., Suite 101,
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601.
• Grand Junction Field Office, 2815 H
Road, Grand Junction, CO 81506.

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